power of the internets...

...was watching the Olympics, and I thought I saw cheerleaders....at the Volleyball Tournament...cheerleaders...seriously ?...quick search on Google, and I found someone who was thinking the same....

"Really? As if the intermittent blast of 80’s rock wasn’t bad enough on the beach volleyball court, cheerleaders at the Olympics? Sure we can appreciate the Chinese trying to honor the origins of beach volleyball played on boardwalks with music and food and drinking. But this is the Olympics."

continue reading at GlamFit

White Spaces

From Shure

"the white spaces proposal creates a potential for interference to wireless microphones from unlicensed devices"....

continue reading at Shure.com

From FOH online:

"NILES, Ill. – Prototype White Spaces devices were tested by FCC engineers on Saturday, Aug. 9, at FedExField just outside of Washington, D.C., at a preseason exhibition game between the National Football League’s Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills. Starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing through 8:00 p.m. ET, the period of observation and analysis assessed the ability of the proposed devices to detect the presence of television signals, wireless microphones and other existing wireless technologies."

continue reading at FOH online

....what is this ?

One of the strangest and coolest things I've ever seen on stage...

not so deep thoughts

I would like to see a random 'normal' person (IE. not an athlete) participate in each event during the Olympics. Imagine, if in lane 8 of the 100 meter butterfly was John Doe from Anywhere, USA - then you could get some perspective on how fast those people were really going...

boring weather

We have had absolutely beautiful weather : sunny, 80F, low humidity... perfect...but, not if you are a local TV weatherman, then it is 'boring', and 'we need rain' - apparently if there is not a catastrophic weather event then it's not worth talking about....

some of the artists we've worked with...

• Over The Rhine - great band from Cincinnati
  
• Yo Yo Ma
• The Lettermen
• Michael Mcdonald
• Toby Keith - "ain't no doubt my king of the mountain's built Ford tough"
  
• Chick Corea
• Mandy Patinkin - "you killed my father, prepare to die"
• Danielle Peck
• Sawyer Brown
• Caribou

my other photos

Pictures of 'Bugs' the cat (named after Bugs Bunny)

Here are some
pictures of
Glen Echo Park
in Columbus


and some
random pictures

(some of) the speakers we've provided with Audio, Video, and Lighting

• Alan Dershowitz
  
• Jack Hanna - "Jungle Jack"
  
• Spike Lee
• John McCain
• Gordon Gee - President of The Ohio State University
• Ted Strickland - Governor of Ohio
• Susan Nokes - Chief Customer and Operations Officer T-Mobile USA
  

recent posts

• Muskingum County Fair in Zanesville, Ohio.... Jason Aldean, and lots of mud...also a weird eye
  
  
• New Mexico....mountains, storms, coyote
  
  
• La Jolla, CA....cliffs, beach...also Estancia Hyatt
  
  
• Alive Festival in Canal Fulton, OH....Christian Music Festival
  
  
• Lancaster Festival in Lancaster, Ohio....Zoso, Kenny Logins, Wynonna Judd
  

hotel rant

Some Hyatt hotels drive me crazy :

--Why do I need all these stupid #@$%$$ pillows !?
Where do I put them ?!

--How do you charge 250 dollars a night, and then 12 dollars a day for internet access ?

--Do you people realize that I can go to a Super 8,
pay $80.00,
get free internet,
and I dont have to wade through a million pillows ??!!

Muskingum County Fair 08

We brought in PA at the Mukingum County Fair with country act Jason Aldean. An interesting event....

(Click on pics to enlarge)




9:00 AM - this is the first thing we saw :








9:00 AM - heated discussion "where do we put the stage... and the mud ?" :












10 AM - measuring (?!?!) the distance to the stage :

















3:00 PM - soundcheck









8:00 PM - showtime :

..who knew ?

Muskingum County Fair Part 2

we had a break after soundcheck and went for a walk around the fairgrounds to look at the 'sights'..

--for the first time in my life saw a sheep with no fur(hair?) - I had no idea what it was - then I saw it's eyes - what the?? ...

--swine arena ???

global warming ?

in august ?

New Mexico

We were in Santa Ana, New Mexico for five days....Sandia Mountains....Rio Grande...and the 'resort' we stayed at :

coyote in the grass

cottonwood trees by the Rio Grande

Sandia Mountains from the resort

hand out the window - storm over the mountains

More pictures here

What is this ? #2

This is a carrilon. It was at the Lancaster Festival, parked off stage right, and played with the Symphony...

The 48 bells for the carillon were cast in 1991 and 1992 by the Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry, located in Asten, the Netherlands. The foundry built the bell frame and playing cabin according to the dimensions of a standard shipping container. The carillon may be transported to nearly any concert venue. The musical range of the bells cover four full octaves from F in the middle octave.

Mobile Millennium Carillon

What is this ?

What is this ?

Is it the clarinet solo channel ?
NO. (this was a ROCK show)

Is it the lead vocal on the monitor console ?
NO. (there was no monitor console)

Is it the 1st chair violin ?
NO. (this was a freakin' ROCK N' ROLL show)

Is it the Kick Drum channel, after a 2 hour soundcheck ???
YES !!!!!!

Some people have no business mixing Rock bands....

that's all I'm sayin.....

Lancaster Festival

We provided PA, Lights, and Video to The Lancaster Festival. Performers were the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, Wynonna Judd, Zoso, and Kenny Loggins....

Kenny Loggins

Wynonna Judd with The Lancaster Festival Orchestra

ZOSO

The Lancaster Festival Orchestra

Kenny Loggins

ah...OK ??

While standing in front of the PA at house right :

"Is to be louder... in left... speaker"

-"Ivan" the FOH engineer for the St Petersburg Ballet
(thick Russian accent)


i'm just sayin'.....

Alive Festival

We provided PA, Monitors, and Lights to the Alive Festival....

Estancia La Jolla

more here

La Jolla

more here

What is this ? #3

Update : Thanks to Anonymous who said :  "A railroad worker holding a hammer. He represents "Transportation" Sculptor for this bronze statue is Raymond Kaskey. The other 3 statues represent "Community", "Industry", & "The Future" 

  

What is this ? It is in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina , and I have no idea....

Bela Fleck and Chick Corea

Recently ran monitors for Bela Fleck and Chick Corea at the McCoy Arts Center

words can not describe ... an incredible show...

Bela Fleck : a banjo ??? you can play a banjo like that ?!

Chick Corea : a master, I could not figure out if he were an extension of the piano, or if the piano was an extension of him

Los Lobos

We provided PA and monitors for Los Lobos at the Palace Theater. The Columbus Dispatch review is here....also, I ran monitors for the opening act 'Old School Freight Train' : great band, great sounds...

NYC

Yo-Yo Ma and Friends

Yo-Yo Ma at Dennison University

more here

Spike Lee

Spike Lee received the Wexner Prize

Tech Note : EV PC18-XLR Multi Pattern Podium Mics